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title: "2nd Renaissance: How Childhood Creativity Sparks Entrepreneurship - Elise Pioch Balzac"
description: How can childhood memories impact entrepreneurial creativity? Anders sits down with Maison Balzac founder Elise Pioch Balzac for a trip down memory lane.
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# [2nd Renaissance: How Childhood Creativity Sparks Entrepreneurship - Elise Pioch Balzac](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/2nd-renaissance-how-childhood-nurtures-creativity-elise-pioch-balzac)

 Written by [Anders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/anders) | February 16, 2021

Elise Pioch Balzac sits down with futurist Anders Sörman-Nilsson to discuss rebirths, renovations, revivals, and how childhood impressions can be the **embryonic kindling for future entrepreneurship and creativity **in the 7th episode of the 2nd Renaissance.

In this dialogue, we uncover and decode the meaning of Elise's childhood in the south of France, and how it has shaped her as a human, thinker, and creator. We explore the dichotomy between the Australian and French approaches to entrepreneurship and how Elise's childhood cadence on Sundays became the springboard to her first [Maison Balzac](https://www.maisonbalzac.com/) collection, and why scents and perfumes can trigger new creative expressions and ideas - particularly during a pandemic that has spawned a revival of our personal abodes.

 

Thanks to [Composition by Office Elias ](https://compositionbyofficeelias.com/)for styling our podcast.

 

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